Store the information for a location on a planet. More...

#include <StelLocation.hpp>

Public Member Functions
	StelLocation (const QString &lName, const QString &lState, const QString &lRegion, const float lng, const float lat, const int alt, const int populationK, const QString &timeZone, const int bortleIndex, const QChar roleKey='X', const QString &landscapeID=QString())
	constructors for ad-hoc locations. More...

	StelLocation (const QString &lName, const QString &lState, const QString &lRegion, const QString &plName, const float lng, const float lat, const int alt, const int populationK, const QString &timeZone, const int bortleIndex, const QChar roleKey, const QString &landscapeID)

QString	getID () const
	Return a short string which can be used in a list view.

bool	isValid () const

QString	serializeToLine () const
	Output the location as a string ready to be stored in the user_location file.

float	distanceDegrees (const float otherLong, const float otherLat) const
	Compute great-circle distance from other location. More...

double	distanceKm (const double otherLong, const double otherLat) const
	Compute great-circle distance from other location. More...

double	getAzimuthForLocation (double longTarget, double latTarget) const
	Compute azimuth towards Target. More...

float	getLatitude (bool suppressObserver=false) const
	longitude and latitude are private to force use of special getters. More...

float	getLongitude (bool suppressObserver=false) const

void	setLatitude (float l)

void	setLongitude (float l)

Static Public Member Functions
static StelLocation	createFromLine (const QString &line)
	Parse a location from a line serialization.

static float	distanceDegrees (const float long1, const float lat1, const float long2, const float lat2)
	Compute great-circle distance between two locations on a spherical body arguments given in decimal degrees.

static double	distanceKm (Planet *planet, const double long1, const double lat1, const double long2, const double lat2)
	Compute great-circle distance between two locations on the current planet (takes flattening into account) arguments given in decimal degrees Source: Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, 2nd edition, ch.11.

static double	getAzimuthForLocation (double longObs, double latObs, double longTarget, double latTarget)
	Compute azimuth from Obs towards Target. More...

Data Fields
QString	name
	Location/city name.

QString	region
	English region name (Northern Europe for example) or empty string.

QString	state
	State/region name (useful if 2 locations of the same country have the same name)

QString	planetName
	English planet name.

int	altitude
	Altitude in meter.

QVariant	lightPollutionLuminance
	Zenith luminance at moonless night as could be measured by a Sky Quality Meter, in cd/m²

QString	landscapeKey
	A hint for associating a landscape to the location.

int	population
	Population in thousands of inhabitants.

QChar	role
	Location role code. More...

QString	ianaTimeZone
	IANA identificator of time zone. More...

bool	isUserLocation
	Used privately by the StelLocationMgr.

Static Public Attributes
static const float	DEFAULT_LIGHT_POLLUTION_LUMINANCE

Detailed Description

Store the information for a location on a planet.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ StelLocation()

StelLocation::StelLocation	(	const QString &	lName,
		const QString &	lState,
		const QString &	lRegion,
		const float	lng,
		const float	lat,
		const int	alt,
		const int	populationK,
		const QString &	timeZone,
		const int	bortleIndex,
		const QChar	roleKey = `'X'`,
		const QString &	landscapeID = `QString()`
	)

constructors for ad-hoc locations.

The first, shorter version is only for earth locations

lName location name
lState may be usedful if region has more than one such name
lRegion must be the long name of UN UM49 only! (E.g., "Western Europe")
plName planetName. This must be identical to the englishName of a solar system object.
lng geographical longitude, east-positive, degrees
lat geographical latitude, north-positive, degrees
alt altitude above mean sea level
populationK population in thousands
timeZone IANA timezone string like "Europe/Vienna" or "UT-7"
bortleIndex light pollution hint
roleKey code for location role.
landscapeID a fitting landscape

Member Function Documentation

◆ distanceDegrees()

float StelLocation::distanceDegrees	(	const float	otherLong,
		const float	otherLat
	)		const

inline

Compute great-circle distance from other location.

arguments given in decimal degrees

◆ distanceKm()

double StelLocation::distanceKm	(	const double	otherLong,
		const double	otherLat
	)		const

Compute great-circle distance from other location.

arguments given in decimal degrees

◆ getAzimuthForLocation() [1/2]

static double StelLocation::getAzimuthForLocation	(	double	longObs,
		double	latObs,
		double	longTarget,
		double	latTarget
	)

static

Compute azimuth from Obs towards Target.

All angles (args and result) are in degrees.

Returns: azimuth counted from north or south as set in the StelApp preferences, in [0...360].

◆ getAzimuthForLocation() [2/2]

double StelLocation::getAzimuthForLocation	(	double	longTarget,
		double	latTarget
	)		const

Compute azimuth towards Target.

All angles (args and result) are in degrees.

Returns: azimuth counted from north or south as set in the StelApp preferences, in [0...360].

◆ getLatitude()

float StelLocation::getLatitude ( bool suppressObserver = false ) const

longitude and latitude are private to force use of special getters.

These return a location on the north pole if we are located on an "Observer" (when "role" == 'o'). By this we force useful view orientation when on an observer pseudo-planet.

Parameters

suppressObserver set to true to return the actual number in every case. (Required for some UI elements)

Field Documentation

◆ ianaTimeZone

QString StelLocation::ianaTimeZone

IANA identificator of time zone.

Note that timezone names under various OSes may be different than those used in Stellarium's location database (e.g. Ubuntu:Asia/Kolkata=Windows:Asia/Calcutta), which requires some translation effort during the loading process. After loading from the location DB, the ianaTimeZone should contain the full name which may differ from the database name.

◆ role

QChar StelLocation::role

Location role code.

Possible values:

C or B is a capital city
R is a regional capital
N is a normal city (any other type of settlement)
O is an observatory
L is a spacecraft lander
I is a spacecraft impact
A is a spacecraft crash
X is an unknown or user-defined location (the default value).
! is an invalid location.
o is an "observer" pseudo-planet. This is not stored in the location database but used ad-hoc in the LocationDialog.

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Data Fields

Static Public Attributes